On this day in sport - May 9

Michael Schumacher celebrates after winning the Spanish F1 Grand Prix at the Circuit de Catalunya on May 9, 2004 in Barcelona, Spain.

1927: Joe Davis beat Tom Dennis 20-11 at Camkin's Hall, Birmingham to win the first world professional snooker championship. Davis beat a field of 10 to take the trophy.

1928: American tennis player 'Pancho' Gonzales was born. He made history at Wimbledon in 1969 when he beat Charlie Pasarell in the longest-ever singles match. The contest went to 112 games (22-24 1-6 16-14 6-3 11-9) and took five hours and 20 minutes to complete. He died in 1995.

1936: Footballer Bernard Joy played his one and only game for England against Belgium. A member of the successful Corinthian Casuals team, he was the last amateur to play for England.

2001: Harry Redknapp left his job as manager of West Ham.

2004: Michael Schumacher equalled the best start to a Formula One season by winning his fifth consecutive race at the Spanish Grand Prix.

2005: John Robertson parted company with Hearts after refusing to take theassistant coach's role in a restructure of the club.

2006: Tottenham asked the Premier League to order a rematch against West Hamafter 10 of their players went down with food poisoning at the team hotel on themorning of the game. They went on to lose the game when victory would have putthem into the Champions League. The Premier League subsequently rejected theappeal.

2007: West Ham confirmed they would not appeal the £5.5million fine imposed onthem by the Premier League's independent Commission over the signings of CarlosTevez and Javier Mascherano.